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Published online 18 July 2005
Published in Vadose Zone J 4:505-521 (2005)
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0067
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Statistical Exploration of Matrix Hydrologic Properties for the Bandelier Tuff, Los Alamos, New Mexico

Everett P. Springer*

Mail Stop J 495, Atmospheric, Climate and Environmental Dynamics Group Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545


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Fig. 1. Map of Los Alamos National Laboratory with the locations of the boreholes used in the unsaturated hydrologic properties analysis.

 


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Fig. 2. Map of Los Alamos National Laboratory Technical Area 54 with the locations of the boreholes used in the unsaturated hydrologic properties analysis.

 


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Fig. 3. Stratigraphic nomenclature for the Bandelier Tuff. In this study, the major cooling units such as Qbt 3 in the Tshirege Member were used, and no identification of the subunits was made.

 


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Fig. 4. Box and whiskers plots of the median, 25 to 75% quartile, and range for (A) bulk density ({rho}b) and (B) log10{alpha} from Bandelier Tuff Tshirege Unit 3 (Qbt 3) at designated technical areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 


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Fig. 5. Box and whiskers plots of the median, 25 to 5% quartile, and range for (A) bulk density ({rho}b) and (B) log10{alpha} from Bandelier Tuff Tshirege Unit 2 (Qbt 2) at designated technical areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 


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Fig. 6. Box and whiskers plots of the median, 25 to 75% quartile, and range for log10Ks from Bandelier Tuff Tshirege Unit 1v (Qbt 1v) at designated technical areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 


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Fig. 7. Box and whiskers plots of the median, 25 to 75% quartile, and range for (A) log10Ks and (B) van Genuchten n parameter from Bandelier Tuff Tshirege Unit 1g (Qbt 1g) at designated technical areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 


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Fig. 8. Box and whiskers plots of the median, 25 to 75% quartile, and range for log10{alpha} from Otowi Member (Qbo) of the Bandelier Tuff at designated technical areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory.

 


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Fig. 9. Box and whiskers plots of the median, 25 to 75% quartile, and range for log10{alpha} from Otowi Member (Qbo) of the Bandelier Tuff at designated technical areas of Los Alamos National Laboratory. The canyon samples from Technical Area 21 are labeled as Los Alamos Canyon.

 





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